At Home With the Marquis De Sade

This groundbreaking account of the scandalous life & violent times of the Donatien Alphonse Francoise, Marquis de Sade, explores his relationship with his family: his pious wife, Renee-Pelagie, his iron-willed mother-in-law, Mme. de Montreuil, & his three children. Marquis de Sade (1740-1814), one of the most perplexing personalities of Western culture, has been called Ôthe freest spirit who ever lived'. The author vividly brings to life these 2 dynamic women & the complex bonds they evolved with the Marquis, as they dedicated themselves to protecting, curbing &, ultimately, confining him. Recreates the hedonism & corruption of late-18th-cent. France, the ensuing Terror, & the oppression of the Napoleonic regime. Illustrations.Du Plessix Gray, Francine is the author of 'At Home With the Marquis De Sade ', published 1998 under ISBN 9780756783761 and ISBN 0756783763.